RPC VI, 3421 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3421 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α(ΥΓ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ (or ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ) ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ(Ο)
Edition Νικομηδέων δις νεωκό(ρων)
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Nemesis-Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and rod; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.34 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 307
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B Rec 307.1
2 2     V
3 3     V
4 4     V Rec 307.2
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, lot 435
7 7     Rec 307.3
8 8     NY: 1944.100.15372 (Nicopolis ad Istrum)
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 425
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 527
12 12     CGT coll. = Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 527